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Bill Orcutt at Johnny Brenda's
Courtesy of Mark Christman | Posted on February 7, 2018
Where
Johnny Brenda's
1201 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 739-9684
When
Wed, April 11, 2018
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Bill Orcutt
guitarAbout
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present a dream bill of solo performances by guitarist Bill Orcutt of infamous noise rockers Harry Pussy and Medeski Martin and Wood percussionist Billy Martin.
The aggression and experimentation of Miami-based duo Harry Pussy, which featured Bill Orcutt on four-string guitar and vocals, proved to be highly influential on a generation of underground noisemakers, but Orcutt seemed to disappear after the band called it quits in 1997. The guitarist relocated to San Francisco, got a job in software engineering and went almost completely silent for the next decade and change. He reemerged in 2009 with the solo acoustic guitar album A New Way To Pay Old Debts....